Comment by krageon
2 years ago
Honestly this kind of "honest question" is quite depressing: If you don't start out from the understanding that yes, Google is ground reality for most people and yes, the law should protect you from unjust persecution on those kinds of platforms then what can we tell you? This point of view is inhumane and should just be released. It is not for others to convince you that you should consider human rights more important than corporate rights. You should wonder why you have this point of view and why you think it's reasonable. Then let it go, so you don't infect others with it (and make the world a measurably worse place as your legacy).
I didn't ask a question about the ethics of the action. I asked about the specifics of the court order.
Courts (at least in Germany) cannot just arbitrarily decide on what is just or not; they must follow the rule of law. Without some adequate legal basis, a court won't order a thing.
> It is not for others to convince you that you should consider human rights more important than corporate rights.
Human rights are by definition more important than corporate rights. I take offense at your suggestion that I'd consider the latter more important, given that I explicitly stated that I'm 100% on the GP's side.